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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-41524: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-41524: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/05/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

While fuzzing the 2.4.49 httpd, a new null pointer dereference was detected during HTTP/2 request processing, allowing an external source to DoS the server. This requires a specially crafted request. The vulnerability was recently introduced in version 2.4.49. No exploit is known to the project.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-apache2

References

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